King John made up by surrendering his kingdom as a feudal fief to the pope. |
It is not, one presumes, the view of the French generals who currently treat the people and nation of Cote d' Ivoire as their fief. |
That way, I would retain control of my own fief, and still have the man I loved. |
I love my people, the people of my fief, the fief that has been mine since the death of my mother. |
I am the custodian of the faith and savings of 30,000 members and I can't turn it into a fief. |
The reward for his family was ennoblement and the right to exploit the canal as a fief with rights of seigneurial jurisdiction. |